Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 901-762-0535
- Fax: 901-762-0539
- E-Mail: mmclaren@blackmclaw.com
- Website: bmjrglaw.com
Established: 1994
Practice Areas
- Professional Negligence
- Coverage Issues
- Workers' Compensation
- Civil Litigation
- Employment Liability
- Environmental Insurance Issues
- Third-Party and First-Party Claims
About Us
Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee is a small but very aggressive and experienced defense firm with sophisticated technology behind it, giving it the ability to handle the complex cases that formerly required mega-firms.
Client Information
Insurance Clients
- ACE USA
- Affirmative Risk Management, Inc.
- AXIS Insurance
- Beazley Group
- Chaucer Syndicates at Lloyd's, London
- Collier Insurance Agency
- Crosswalk Claims Management, LLC
- Direct General Corporation
- Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
Non-Insurance Clients
- BankPlus
- Centerpoint Properties
- City of Memphis Emergency Medical Services
- Complex Industries, Inc.
- Corrugated Synergies International, LLC
- C Spire Fiber
- Elect Home Care, LLC
- Electrolux North America
- First Alliance Bank
- Home Instead Senior Care
- McDonald Murrmann Women's Clinic
- Memphis Contract Packaging, Inc.
- Memphis Net & Twine Co., Inc.
- Monarch Color Corporation
- Process Systems, Inc. Construction Company
- Sibley Solutions
- Syngenta
- U-Haul
- U-Haul International, Inc.
- Westin Memphis
Personnel Information
Members
Michael G. McLaren
Memphis, TN
- E-Mail: mmclaren@blackmclaw.com
Admitted
- Tennessee, 1976
- U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Claims Court
Additional Biographical Details:
Movie Credits: The Firm, A Time to Kill, People v Larry Flynt, Separated by Murder; Super Lawyer - Business Litigation
Memberships:
- Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations
- American Inns of Court
- Defense Research Institute
Education:
- Yale University, B.A., 1972
- Loyola University, J.D., 1976
Born: 1950
John C. Ryland
Memphis, TN
- E-Mail: jryland@blackmclaw.com
Admitted
- Tennessee, 1994
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2000
Memberships:
- American, Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations
- Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inns of Court
- International Association of Defense Counsel
Education:
- The University of Tennessee, B.A., 1990
- University of Memphis, J.D. (with honors), 1994
Born: 1965
J. Mark Griffee
Memphis, TN
- E-Mail: mgriffee@blackmclaw.com
Admitted
- Tennessee, 1980
- Arkansas, 2013
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Sixth Circuits, 1987
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2009
Additional Biographical Details:
Martindale Hubbell AV Rated
Memberships:
- American, Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations
Certifications:
Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 General Civil Mediator
Education:
- Rhodes College, B.A. (with honors and distinction), 1977
- Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 1980
Born: 1955
William E. Cochran, Jr.
Memphis, TN
- E-Mail: wcochran@blackmclaw.com
Admitted
- Tennessee, 2001
- Mississippi, 2002
Memberships:
- American, Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations
- The Mississippi Bar
Publications:
- Author: "Fiduciary Fraud: An Invitation to Sue Banks," 45 Tenn B.J. 21, Nov. 2009
Education:
- The University of Mississippi, B.A., 1996
- University of Memphis, J.D., 2001
Born: 1974
Jana Davis Lamanna
Memphis, TN
- E-Mail: jlamanna@blackmclaw.com
Admitted
- Tennessee, 2004
- Missouri, 2005
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 2007
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 2008
Memberships:
- American, Tennessee and Memphis (V.P. of Litigation Section) Bar Associations
- The Missouri Bar
Education:
- The University of Mississippi, B.A., 1997
- Christian Brothers University, M.B.A., 1999
- Mississippi College of Law, J.D., 2004
Born: 1975
Chris J. Webb
Memphis, TN
- E-Mail: cwebb@blackmclaw.com
Admitted
- Tennessee, 2007
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 2008
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Memberships:
- American, Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations
Education:
- University of Memphis, B.B.A. (summa cum laude), 2004
- University of Memphis Law School, J.D., 2007
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